OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14550560
MAINTENANCE,AGRICULTURE,STARTED IN GEAR,CRUSHED,CORN CHOPPER,RUN OVER
Event description
RUN OVER BY CORN CHOPPER
Investigation abstract
ON SEPTEMBER 27, 1985, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A NEW HOLLAND CROP CRUISER, MOD THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE IN GEAR. THE FORWARD MOTION DREW EMPLOYEE #1 INTO TH E PATH OF THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. HE WAS CRUSHED. EMPLOYEE #1 SUSTAINED SEVERE CRU SHING INJURIES OF THE UPPER BODY, CAUSING HIS DEATH. EL #1895, WITH A CORN CHOPPER ATTACHMENT. HE HAD STOPPED CHOPPING CORN AND PULLE D OUT OF THE FIELD TO SHARPEN THE CUTTING HEAD. EMPLOYEE #1 PLACED HIMSELF IN FR ONT OF THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE TO OBSERVE THE ADJUSTMENT SETTING. HE INSTRUCTED A F ELLOW WORKER, WHO HAD BEEN DRIVING A TRUCK THAT HAULED THE CHOPPED CORN, TO GET INTO THE CAB OF THE CHOPPER AND DISENGAGE THE CHOPPER CLUTCH. THE EMPLOYEE WAS U NFAMILIAR WITH THE CONTROLS. HE ASKED EMPLOYEE #1 IF THIS WAS THE RIGHT LEVER TO PULL, AND WAS TOLD YES. UPON DISENGAGING THE CLUTCH, IT IS ASSUMED THAT HE HIT THE HYDROSTATIC CONTROL, CAUSING THE MACHINE TO MOVE FORWARD. FOR THIS TO HAPPEN
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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